Underutilization of information and knowledge in everyday medical practice: Evaluation of a computer-based solution

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zakim, David ^a   Braun, Niko ^b   Fritz, Peter ^a   Alscher, Mark Dominik ^b  

^a IDM Foundation   (Germany)

^b Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CODEINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE SORENESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249108364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-50     Document Type: Article

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